Profession by Isaac Asimov

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46 points | by bkudria 5 hours ago

4 comments

  • jimbob45 2 minutes ago
    Dr Antonelli said, “Or do you believe that studying some subject will bend the brain cells in that direction, like that other theory that a pregnant woman need only listen to great music persistently to make a composer of her child. Do you believe that?”

    Apparently, Asimov was an early critic of the “Mozart in the womb” movement.

  • spagettnet 2 hours ago
    • catoc 14 minutes ago
      Thanks - the OP’s site was a truly horrible experience
    • cdman 2 hours ago
      I haven't seen any ads on the site - I guess AdNauseum works well :)
  • ameliaquining 1 hour ago
    This is my favorite Asimov story. It's got a protagonist with compelling motivations, a society that has problems but also convincing reasons why they persist, and a great ending.
  • Aeglaecia 2 hours ago
    one of asimov's finest , a metaphor that continues to find relevance in my day to day existence - that the conclusions we so readily come to are assumptions made in the absence of the awareness of something more